Finger ring



July 12,1938. s d 2,123,665 I FINGER RING Filed June 9, 1936 INVENTOR.

W ,Jow BY ATTGRNEY Patented July 12, 1938 UNITED STATES FINGER RINGHarry Sloss, Sausalito, Calif., assignor to Albert S. Samuels Company,San Francisco, Calif., a corporation of Delaware Application June 9,1936, Serial No. 84,310

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in finger rings andparticularly to rings which are worn in pairs on the finger, such, forexample, as is customary with wedding and engagement rings.

- According to the current mode, engagement rings generally consist of ahoop or shank which surrounds the finger and supports a setting,including a large stone and frequently several smaller stones. Weddingrings also comprise a similar circular shank and it is fashionable,likewise, to have a setting on the wedding ring generally made up of arow of small stones extending throughout a portion only of the circle ofthe shank. The engagement and wedding rings are worn together on thesame finger and the settings should be placed side by side at the backof the finger. Difiiculty is experienced in maintaining the rings intheir proper position due to the fact that they rotate about the fingerand relative to each other so as to alter the positions of the settingsand detract from the intended and desired ornamental effect.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide improvedmeans for preventing relative rotation of a pair of rings worn upon thesame finger.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means forpreventing separation of a 30 pair of rings worn together.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means thatwill secure a pair of rings when worn on the same finger againstseparation and relative rotation that is simple in construction, easilymanipulated to attach and detach the rings, and will form an attractiveaddition to the ornamentation of the settings of both rings.

Further objects and advantages of the inven- 40 tion are made apparentin the following specification, wherein reference is made to theaccompanying drawing in which one form of the invention is exemplified.

In the drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an engagement ringconstructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a Wedding ring de- 50 signed for use withthe engagement ring illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the wedding and engagement rings illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2, illustrating them as interlocked in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the engagement ring illustrated in Fig. 1;and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the wedding ring illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the engagement ringillustrated in Fig. 1 comprises the usual circular shank Ill and settinggenerally indicated at H. The setting H usually supports a large. jewelor solitaire l2, which may besurrounded by any desired arrangement ofsmaller jewels, as illustrated.

The wed-ding ring shown in Fig. 2 also comprises a circular shank l3 andsetting M. setting M of the wedding ring may be modified in design andthe number, size and arrangement ofthe jewels supported by it may bevaried according to individual taste.

In order to prevent relative rotational movement and relative axialmovement of the rings when they are worn together on the finger, theyare interlocked at their settings, as illustrated in Fig. 3. For thispurpose one of the rings, in this case the wedding ring, has projectionsl5 along the edges of its setting, the ends of which projections areundercut as at l6 toward the center of the setting. The other ring, asillustrated on the engagement ring in Fig. 1, has recesses ll formedalong the edges of its setting complementary to the projections I5 ofthe wedding ring and undercut at their ends, as illustrated at H3, in adirection away from the center of the setting. The inwardly extendingundercut portions of the wedding ring nest within the outwardlyextending undercut portions of the engagement ring to lock the ringsagainst relative rotation and relative axial displacement in the mannerillustrated in Fig. 3.

The rings are locked together or separated from each other while 011 ofthe finger by placing them side by side with the undercut portions inalignment and then slipping them into or out of their interlockingposition. When the rings are interlocked in the manner illustrated inFig. 3 and placed upon the finger, the presence of the finger within thecircular shanks resists the sliding movement necessary to separate themso that they will only separate after having been removed from thefinger.

With the construction illustrated, the two rings are in effectdovetailed together and the structure which forms the complementaryparts of the dovetail is designed in such a manner that it enhancesrather than in any way detracts from the pleasing effect of thesettings.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the undercut portions The as being cut in agenerally radial direction, which is desirable from a standpoint ofappearance and also desirable, but not necessary, in that it preventsseparation of the rings except by movement in one direction.Furthermore, due to this radial placement of the undercuttings, therings are in effect wedged together and a tight fit between theirinterlocking portions is insured.

While the rings are illustrated as having the undercut portions ordovetails on both sides of the settings so that they are reversible andsymmetrical in their design, this is not necessary,

as obviously only one side of each ring performs the interlockingfunction and the opposite side may be made smooth or of different designif desired.

It is to be understood that variousother;

changes may be resorted to in the design and arrangement of the severalparts of themes tion as it is herein illustrated and described, allwithin the Scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. In a pair of finger rings designed to be worntogether and having settings, a depression formed on the side of onering and a projection formed on the other ring,"said depression andextension having complementary centrally inclined undercut ends to forma wedging dovetail connection between the rings separable by slidingmovement of the rings" only when'they are removed from the finger.

2. In a pair of finger rings designed to be worn -together and eachhaving a setting, an undercut depression on the side of one setting andan undercut extension on the side of the other setting, said depressionand said extension extending through the full thickness of theirrespective set- Q tings whereby they are included in the settingdesigns, and each having edges inclined toward the centers of the ringswhereby they will come togetherin wedged, interlocking relationship.

. HARRY SLOSS.

